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2025 – Jennifer Sano-Franchini
2024 – Frankie Condon
2023 – Staci Perryman-Clark
2022 – Holly Hassel
2021 – Julie Lindquist
2020 – Vershawn Ashanti Young
2019 – Asao B. Inoue
2018 – Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt
2017 – Linda Adler-Kassner
2016 –  Joyce Carter
2015 – Adam Banks (through 9/15) Howard Tinberg (9/15 – 12/15)
2014 – Howard Tinberg
2013 – Chris Anson
2012 – Malea Powell
2011 – Gwendolyn D. Pough
2010 – Marilyn Valentino
2009 – Charles Bazerman
2008 – Cheryl Glenn
2007 – Akua Duku Anokye
2006 – Judith Wootten
2005 – Douglas D. Hesse
2004 – Kathleen Blake Yancey
2003 – Shirley Wilson Logan
2002 – John Lovas*
2001 – Wendy Bishop*
2000 – Keith Gilyard
1999 – Victor Villanueva, Jr.
1998 – Cynthia Selfe
1997 – Nell Ann Pickett*
1996 – Lester Faigley*
1995 – Jacqueline Jones Royster
1994 – Lillian Bridwell-Bowles
1993 – Anne Ruggles Gere
1992 – William W. Cook
1991 – Donald McQuade
1990 – Jane E. Peterson
1989 – Andrea A. Lunsford
1988 – David Bartholomae
1987 – Miriam T. Chaplin*
1986 – Lee Odell
1985 – Maxine Hairston*
1984 – Rosentene B. Purnell
1983 – Donald C. Stewart*
1982 – James Lee Hill
1981 – Lynn Quitman Troyka
1980 – Frank D’Angelo
1979 – William F. Irmscher
1978 – Vivian I. Davis
1977 – Richard Lloyd-Jones*
1976 – Marianna W. Davis
1975 – Lionel R. Sharp
1974 – Richard L. Larson*
1973 – James D. Barry*
1972 – Elisabeth McPherson*
1971 – Edward P. J. Corbett*
1970 – Ronald E. Freeman*
1969 – Wallace W. Douglas*
1968 – Dudley Bailey*
1967 – Richard Braddock*
1966 – Gordon Wilson*
1965 – Richard S. Beal*
1964 – Robert M. Gorrell
1963 – Priscilla Tyler*
1962 – Francis E. Bowman
1961 – Erwin R. Steinberg
1960 – Glen Leggett*
1959 – Albert R. Kitzhaber*
1958 – Robert E. Tuttle
1957 – Francis Shoemaker
1956 – Irwin Griggs*
1955 – Jerome W. Archer
1954 – T. A. Barnhart*
1953 – Karl W. Dykema*
1952 – Harold B. Allen*
1951 – George S. Wykoff*
1950 – John C. Gerber*
1949 – John C. Gerber*

* Deceased

The Program

The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) supports and promotes the teaching and study of college composition and communication by:

• sponsoring meetings and publishing scholarly materials for the exchange of knowledge about composition, composition pedagogy, and rhetoric
• supporting a wide range of research on composition, communication, and rhetoric
• working to enhance the conditions for learning and teaching college composition and to promote professional development
• acting as an advocate for language and literacy education nationally and internationally.

To continue our important collective work, we need members like you who are willing to spread the news of the importance of NCTE membership to their colleagues through one of the following methods:

• I would like CCCC to invite my colleagues to become members.
• I would like CCCC to invite my colleagues to become members using my name on the invitations.
• I would like to personally invite colleagues to join me in CCCC.

Can we count on you, our member and most important asset, in reaching our goals?

CCCC Summer Conferences are a new initiative, in their second year, intended to foster and support the developing and sharing of innovative activities related to literacy learning. CCCC is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring, in part, these two conferences for 2018. Additional details will follow in the coming months.

Inclusive Composition Practices, Processes, and Pedagogies
Virginia Commonwealth University — May 25, 2018

The 2nd Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference on College Composition and Communication is seeking proposals that address the conference’s broad theme: Inclusive Composition Practices, Processes and Pedagogies. As part of the national conversation about inclusive teaching, we seek presentations that explore various approaches to inclusivity in the writing classroom.

Registration is closed.

Registration Rates

• Early Bird thru April 20, 2018: $50
• April 21, 2018, to May 7, 2018: $60
• Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Students: $35
  (To receive this special rate, please enter coupon code VCU2018 during the checkout process.)

 Visit the conference website for additional information!

Research(ing) Writing Cultures: Classroom, Program, Profession, Public
University of Denver — July 20-21, 2018

Registration is closed.

(The registration cancellation deadline was July 5 for a refund.)

Registration is FREE for CCCC members! If you are not currently a member, you may first join the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and then register for the conference OR you can register for the conference at the following rates and receive CCCC membership after the event:

• CCCC members: FREE
• NCTE members but not CCCC members: $25
• Nonmembers: $75
• Student: $12.50 (must be a CCCC student member to receive this pricing)

Dorm Room Registration is closed.
(The dorm room cancellation deadline was also June 25 for a refund.)

On-campus dorm housing will be available in Nelson Hall at the University of Denver for $60/night on the nights listed below. These can be reserved and paid for during the conference registration process. Additional dorm room information and a list of amenities can be found on the conference website.

• Thursday, July 19, 2018
• Friday, July 20, 2018
• Saturday, July 21, 2018

Please contact the conference organizers with questions or visit the conference website for further details.

CCCC Summer Conferences are a new initiative intended to foster and support the developing and sharing of innovative activities related to literacy learning. CCCC is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring, in part, these four conferences for 2017. Additional details will follow in the coming months.

Sharing Best Practices
Boston University — May 24–25, 2017

College writing instructors in New England are invited to participate in the CCCC Summer Conference “Sharing Best Practices,” to take place on Boston University’s main campus on May 24–25, 2017. The conference will focus on practical ideas about teaching and learning, and will feature panels and roundtables that emphasize the sharing of results from teacher research, the cultivation of scholarly practices for writing instructors, and evidence-based ideas for the classroom. Many sessions will feature shorter presentations designed to launch informal conversation among session participants. A reception and shared meals will offer further opportunities for unstructured conversation, and allow participants to meet fellow professionals in the region and develop their professional networks. This new conference will run prior to the Boston Writing and Rhetoric Network Summer Institute for teachers of college writing. Boston University is easy to reach by car or public transport and close to Back Bay, Cambridge, and downtown Boston. Affordable on-campus housing will be available. Registration is now closed. Visit the conference website for further details.

Composing Worlds with Words
Virginia Commonwealth University – June 2, 2017

The Department of Focused Inquiry in the University College and the Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) are delighted to announce the first Regional Summer Conference on College Composition and Communication. The conference theme, Composing Worlds with Words, reflects our commitment to research, scholarship, and creative expression as well as student-centered educational practices.

This unique, interactive one-day conference will be held on VCU’s urban campus in historic Richmond, VA. VCU faculty and conference co-directors Jessica Gordon, Joseph Cates, and Julie Gorlewski envision this event as an opportunity to showcase innovative ideas, foster dialogue, and create professional and institutional partnerships. The conference will include a wide range of whole-group and breakout sessions that will allow participants to put concepts into practice. Registration is now closed. Visit the conference website for further details.

Making Spaces for Diverse Writing Practice
San José State University — June 8–10, 2017

Ideally conceived, writing programs carve out spaces—classrooms, offices, Writing Centers—for exploring and practicing writing. In such spaces, ideally, writing is diverse, and the spaces foster supportive, productive writing practice(s). Likewise, writing programs dedicate temporal spaces—class meetings, for instance—to foster best writing practices.

But, as teachers are aware, writing also happens in other spaces—library tables, theaters, and labs, but also buses, coffee shops, and jail cells. Likewise, writing happens whenever busy schedules allow. These physical and temporal spaces may not foster the supportive, productive writing practice(s) we envision, but they are also more common than our idyllic spaces.

The 2017 CCCC Regional Summer Conference at San José State University is designed to carve out spaces for attendees to consider what it means to make spaces (temporal and physical) for diverse writing practice in a world that does not always align with our ideals.

Registration is now open! Visit the conference website for further details.

Diverse Writers, Diverse Writing
Clermont College, University of Cincinnati — June 8–10, 2017

The goal of this conference is to support best practices in working with diverse students in diverse writing environments. Examining the intersection of diversity and writing is critical in developing engaging and ethical composition courses. NCTE and CCCC have a long history of supporting students from diverse backgrounds with the 1974 Resolution on the Students’ Right to their Own Language and the recent Supporting Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners in English Education. In 2016, instructors are still concerned about honoring their students’ linguistic varieties while also working with them to write in different modes across multi-disciplinary audiences. As new forms of composition emerge, instructors are seeking ways to incorporate digital literacy activities for students to write for a range of readers. This conference will provide an opportunity for participants to share their research in digital writing, multimedia writing, working with diverse students, and writing across the curriculum. Registration is now open! Visit the conference website for further details.

Workshop Reports of the 1953 Conference on College Composition and Communication Meeting, March 13, 14, The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois.

June 2, 2017

The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) has deep concerns about the federal budget proposed to Congress and its effects on postsecondary writers and writing teachers. We strongly object to cutting financial aid for postsecondary students deemed eligible and student loan forgiveness to faculty who have chosen to forgo lucrative careers in order to devote their lives to teaching. This budget includes deep cuts to financial aid and loan forgiveness programs.

CCCC concurs with its parent organization, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), that “the federal government must help assure access to a quality public education so that all citizens are prepared to participate in a competitive economy and a strong democracy.”

CCCC urges its members, members of Congress, and those who care about public higher education to express their objections to these cuts.

CCCC members may choose to contact their Congressional representatives to express their concerns.

Email or call your Senators and Congressional representative:

• Find your Senators here
• Find your Congressional representative here

For more information and analyses of proposed budget, go to:

• https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/24/white-house-budget-includes-tens-billions-cuts-student-aid-and-research
• https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/19/reported-details-trump-budget-include-big-cuts-financial-aid
• https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/05/18/trump-budget-seeks-cuts-student-loan-programs
• http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/trump-budget-cuts-programs/
• http://time.com/4791618/donald-trump-budget-education-funding/
• An op-ed by former Secretary of Education John King: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/donald-trumps-education-budget-cuts-are-an-assault-on-the-american-dream

FREE REGISTRATION includes:

• Live access to all five, 60-minute virtual sessions
• On Demand recordings of each of the five sessions
• Added Bonus: Access to the recording of CCCC Chair Gwendolyn D. Pough’s Address from Atlanta 
• Extended conversations and resource sharing in an eGroup within the CCCC Connected Community for all registrants.

A conversation with Tyler S. Branson and James Chase Sanchez, coauthors (with Sarah Ruffing Robbins and Catherine M. Wehlburg) of “Collaborative Ecologies of Emergent Assessment: Challenges and Benefits Linked to a Writing-Based Institutional Partnership” (10:47)

Tyler Branson is an assistant professor of English and associate director of composition at the University of Toledo, where he teaches public and professional writing. He’s currently writing a book on the intersections of public education policy and college composition.

 

 

 

 

 

James Chase Sanchez is an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at Middlebury College. He teaches classes on cultural rhetorics, race, and public memory, and recently had the film he produced, Man on Fire, premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival. He is currently writing a book on cultural rhetorics in his hometown of Grand Saline, TX.